Chinese Character 颱 Meanings and components.

Form

颱

Meaning

颱 meaning[3] in English

Typhoon.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 颱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are wind (風) , and Taiwan (abbr.) (台)

Its radical[1] is: 風 (feng1) which means: Wind, News, Style, Custom, Manner, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],絲|丝[Si1], .風feng1wind

In cangjie it is written with HNIR

How to write 颱

To write颱tai2typhoon you should write a combination of 風feng1wind , 台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) arranged in a 吅 shape:

風 + 台 = 颱

颱 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 颱 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 颱, looks as follow:

颱
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Typhoon
風
Pinyin:feng1
Meaning[3]: Wind . News . Style . Custom . Manner . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],絲|丝[Si1]
台
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Taiwan (Abbr.) . Surname Tai
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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